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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-11-24
Difficulties in the Way.

Each year men meet with discour-
agements and disappointments with
the hog crop; but these are not COM
mon to all every year. Cholera has
been and still is the greatest annoy
ance. but it does not catch all. Those
that escape meet the demand with
their crop. But dlscouragements re-
sulting from the weather are common
to all this year. While it is claimed
that loss by disease may be within the
control of the farmer, no man is fool
hardy enough to claim that the losses
that come to us this year on account of
the drought could have been controlled
by us. But this does not prevent us
undertaking them to a certain ex-
tent. The farmer counted on a crop
of pumpkins with his corn. A heavy
crop OF potatoes was expected
at planting, the small ones
for the pigs. A crop of sugar cane
was calculated on to fill the gap be-
tween the harvest gleaaings and new
corn. A heavy crop of Indian corn
was the corner stone on which was
built many bright hopes :for the fu-
ture. But all have failed to a great
or or less extent, and the failure is of
such an extent that all men are
brought in close sympathy. The pig
raiser needs what feed he has. and is
fortunate If he does not need more.
With all this disappointment we do
not expect that the corn-growers and
hog-raisers will lose hopvy but rather
that they are already laying their
plans for greater things another year.
Those fields that missed grass must 90
to corn, which can't help but be fair
price next year, and we reason that
hogs will do well, so much so that
every man will try to have few to
market - National iStocEnan and
Farmer
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-11-24
HERE AND THERE.

"A Mercer County Ry.) farmer r.
Gently sold his flock of sheep with The
expectation of replacing them for Les
money, but finding that he could no
do it he gave ten dollars more than y
got for his own flock back.
Two tobacco barns in Simpsot
County, Ky, were burned recently
one belonging to Mr.. Merryman ant
the other to Mr.. Maburn Sloss. Fac
contained large crop Of tobacco. Im
1887 crop is about all cut in Simpsoi
County, and wheat sowing is the orde
of the day.
"A difference in the yield OF milf
of four quarts aday, even at two cens
quart. is equal to S24 q year.
which is the interest at six per cent
on $500. A difference of 100 POUNDS
of butter year is equal to the sane
amount. With ten cows this counts
up pretty fast.
Pigs must be cared for In baa
weather. or else you can't expect nue.
of them. They should have warm. afl
beds to sleep in; if you can not &C.
any thing better, good dry straw WIN
do to make their beds OF, but leavs
are much better. Sleeping in straw y
especially if the straw be wet WIZ
give them the mango. 8.
Kerosene is of great help in tas
proper care of poultry Their ne''
boxes should be oiled with 1t as
preventive of vermin. A few drop
occasionally in the drinking wase1
will hinder colds or roup, and when sp'
piled to scaly legs 1t effects o cure
while it is highly recommended ~
cure for cholera.
"A writer advises against the pianf
ing of fruit trees. especially peaches
near together, saying that from twenl'
to twenty-five feet is not too far apafs
He claims the wider planting maks'
better shaped trees, with better scoe'.
Of air and sunshine. while the llss
has greater area from which 70 dras
root supplies
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-11-24
What Will Save Our Farmers,

This is a very important question,
and one that is asked almost every day
by thoughtful men, as they gaze over
scope after scope of our farming coun-
try. that was once beautiful, level, rich
and sp.endidly cultivated, but which
now presents year after year an aspect
OF declining beauty and fertility.
There are two important questions for
all those who feel an interest in the
welfare of their country, to consider
first what is the real cause of certain
parts OF our country so decliningp
Second. what will save the whole
country from becoming worth
lessP In regard to the first, is
it because the farmers do not
work as hard as they formerly did. or
as steadily as they should? Such can
not be the case, for almost every farm
er will tell you that he works much
harder now than he did ten or fifteen
years ago, or before the war; Is it
because the general drift of things in
these declining sections seems against
falmersP Certainly not.
To express it in the fewest words, it
is simply because the farmers do not
cultivate intensively and scientifically.
The remedy, then, to restoge such
countries, so as to make farming
profitable, is simply to farm on a
scientific and intensive scale; or, In
other words, to cultivate less ground
and cultivate it better, adopt
ing and using all the
most-improved methods of cultiva-
ton. While it is true that it will take
many years of seemingly and perhaps
Improbable labor to restore such
worn-out sections, yet there is but one
way to succeed in doing SO, and that
is. as the old adage says, to stick to it,
and finally by intensive and scientific
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AcclImating Cattle in the so.....

The subject of acclimating c,,,,.
the South is one of great Imports.
to those stockmen who aim 10 inn 81
their cattle. We publish the INV sss|
ing on the subject from M
Allen, of New York, in the eolnm..'
the Breeders Gazette:
As l was formerly engaged !, =.
York many years in purchas;n !, '''s n
shipping improved cattle to NV 49,. ~
in the South Atlantic States, / Mil s -
Mr. Balch. of Arkansas, the me,a IN. s'' n
treating them:
Spring calves were purchased !.
six to nine months old. and AZ. A0'
not earlier than the month a. NJ NJ
Der. so as to insure cool weatba, =
freedom from the torment n ;n,s "
on their transit They were fed NV N
their arrival South and long afteyv.s,
with the same food, or its eouiv.l.s.
that we are in the habit of giyino ~
cattle at the North. In aJditie. y !
this. as soon as the warm we.,h.
came on in March they were put n,
well-ventilated stables or sheds ,l,,s
ened so much during the day i !
keep out flies or other anna
ing insects. Near shutdown \,
early in the morning till the sun w.
an hour or so high, they were allovsl
to exercise in a large dry yard or i
pasture, and supplied with all the NM
water they would drink, mornjD,
noon and night.
Some persons think they can tu
out their stock safely to Craze in pas.
ure through the night, because M
then cool and insects will not troup,
them. but my friends at the South /
formed me that the night dews wen
as injurious to their cattle as the Ii
sun by day, and TO insure their rod
health they must be kept out of Ii.
l have no experience of the climas
at Little Rock, Ark, and do not kso,
that it is as warm a one as that Of iii
South Atlantic States and Louisiaa,
and Lower Texas. The offspring i
Northern improved cattle may j.
less cared for at the South than aboy
detailed. and the grades got by bull
out of native cows may probably b
treated the same as the pure native
and with equal safety. although III
Improvement in them over pure natiw
will be considerable.
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Cotton Seed But No Lint.

We have received from Captain ".
B. Bryan, of Button, Ca, specimea
bolls from avigorous and prolific stall
of cotton which contain full compe
ment of seeds. but not a yestige !.
lint. Captain Bryan wishes to know
the cause of this new departure d
the cotton plant. We are unable d
assign the cause, but consider the cas-
as one of those freaks of nature not
uncommon in vegetable and animal
life, and which frequently suggssl
and become the basis Of new
varieties; or it may be an Il
lustration of a reversion to ths
original type, which is not uncommon'
Such freaks or reversions sometimes
serve as the foundation for a valuabll
new variety of plant or animal b
this case the possible indication is thsi
the production of cotton seed may b.
come more profitable than the produc'
ton of lint. 1t would be an interest
ing experiment TO plant the seeds d
this stalk and note the results in sue
cessive years. The specimen is yers
suggestive of okra, which is a closell
allied genus of the same order q
plants that includes cotton. -Digs
Farmer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-11-24
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Eggs in the South.

There is no industry in this country
that is so closely watched and more
carefully computed than the poultry
business. An exceedingly interesting
table has been prepared showing the
annual yield of eggs per fowl in dozens
in each State. Maine heads the list
with seven and five-tenths dozen eggs
for each hen in the State; Massachu-
sets comes next with seven and two
tenths dozens and Connecticut follows
with seven and one-tenth dozens. New
Hampshire ranks fourth with six and
nine-tenths dozens and Rhode Island
keeps up the record with six and
four-tenths dozens. In these five
extreme Eastern States we find the
hens producing more eggs every year
than in other sections of the country.
In making up this record all fowls
are considered as pongrels, but in the
States named the pure breeds greatly
predominant. The market there is the
best the country affords, mixed farm
ing prevails and the producers have
greater incentives to spur them on.
But what are the causes that make q
hen produce more eggs in one section
OF the country than in another? The
first is the market, secord is the quail
ty of the stock and the third is that
the poultry is regarded as one Of the
sources of the family income and is
given proper attention, treatment and
care. The hens of Indiana and New
York each produce five dozen eggs a
year. Tennessee has record of four
and seven-tenths dozens; Kentucky
four and four-tenths dozens; North
Caroline three and six-tenths dozens;
Alabama three and two -tenths dozens;
South Carolina three and one-tenth
dozens and Louisiana only three dozen.
Thus we see that the Southern S ates
are at the foot of the class in the num-
Der of eggs their hens produce. No
comments will be made. Where there
are no long. dreary winters. where
poultry houses can be put up at a small
cost, where the chickens can pick
green food the year around, while all
kinds offood are produced at nominal
cost, more eggs should be produced.
Ponder the subject over well.
ers' Home Journal
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work. and by the necessar, -
tives' the farmer may bring ~ , =
back to its former fertility. aaa aa
stead OF decreasing in value, = 49, q y
it will yearly increase until IL ~
bloom like the rose. and the fa,a ~
home spread an influence for iuda ~
education and Christianity tbronss
the length and breadth Of the ls ~
Cor. Southern CssItipator a'l~
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Uoposd and Thrown Overheard.

Beojsmtn S!vins. o visitor from Cnes'
ter, told Lieutenant Beale, of the Tenth
district, q remarkable story en- Tues
day. He went to Philadelphia from
Chester Friday night and RODE to Stc-
oud and Lauiel streets on car. While
standing On the street corner two mep
appron ched him and entered into con-
versation. After taking several ROUNDS
of drinks, the strangers tooe hin out
on Laurel street wharf, where one man
knocked him down and the other de-
mauded his valuabl0a.
They iansscksd his clothing, eecurec
his watch and chain aud small sum
| CT money. Then, he declares, they
threw him overheard and ran a"sy
FL is n COED swimmer and struggled it
the dock and climbed up on tho pier
He gave the police description OF M
aspailants, and Special Oice:s henri
and Kenny arrested Thonas GGrrit!
and Randall MeLisser, two Old offrn
derp, on suspicion Of having committel
The Outrage. They were arraigned DC
fors Magistrate Cobb and held unoe
81, COO bail each for further hsar'n"'
Daily Republican., 1887-09-21
DELAWARE:
STATE FAIR
DOVER, DEL
Sent. 26th 10 Get. !st.

A department full OF exhibits.
An attractive programme of
amuaements
A magnificent display of 81
the multiplicity Of agricultural,
mechanics and lnJuatria! slts
for which our peninsula is ia.
nous.
Grand display Of speed trials
by some OF the best horses in the
country, dsi'y.
Balloon ascensions On Tues
day, Thursday and Fri1ay.
Magnificent PyIotechnic Dis
plsy, sur agsing any thing ever
seen in this country, on We'd
nesday evening
usicai Tournament, for
money priz,s, by the best bands
in the State, on Wednesday
morning.
Exclusion rates on all rail
roads. All trains tt3p at th'
park gates.
Good Restaur 1t. Good &C
commodations.
D. ?. BARNARD, Jr,
Secretary,
; e2l-5t9-ltW Dover, Dal.
Daily Republican., 1887-09-21
rbe s,ree, aua sewer uom,p,ss,on.

The reg aular weekly meeting Of the di
rectors OF the Street and sewer Com
mission was held last eveI ing, when
number OF complaints we're presented
from residents In the eastern part OF the
city in reiereuce To the contractor falling
to remove the ashes. The street com.
missioner was instructed to see that the
astes are removed, and charge whatever
extra cost that may be incurred to the
con; ractor. The commissioner was also
Instructed TO employ q man with a horse
and cart to collect loose stones from the
streets, and to charge the cost to the con
tractors for cleaning the streets.
J. r. d. Seeds II son were granted per-
mission TO set 24) feet of curb In front OF
their own property on Thirteenth street
| near Pennsylvania avenue, and on Penn.
| sylvania avenue between Thirl eenth aud
| Fourteenth streets. A number OF Other
pe,iti LIS were read and referred to the
street commissioner.
| The petition OF Thomas Samworth and
others asking for the grading and paving
of the south side of Front street between
Broome and Clayton streets, and for th'
removal OF the old toll gate house In tina
square, was granted.
B. G. Simmons q Brother asked an'
were given permission to place iron gut
ter plates on the south side OF Front stree
at the tntrar ce TO their lumber yard.
Ten men were reported em2l yed In re
pairing streets, and the weekly payroll
amounting to $73 40, was orderered PAID
Daily Republican., 1887-09-21
Funeral OF the R,sdei Victims

The victims OF Henry R!edel's fendish
act were buried yesterday afternoon from
their residence on Lamotie street. Before
the house was opened to the public, eager
crowds began to gather, and as soon as
they were allowed the throng patsed be-
tw. EN- the emblem of death on either side
OF the doors to the front room where side
by side II their coffin lay the mother and
her son. The victims were neatly dressed
and encased In neat walnut collins Al
though the wounds were covered by court
plaster, they still showed plainly. Though
the remains were lot overly pleasant To
look upon, yet the officers present were
continually comp lied 10 request peop'e
TO move on and not linger by the bodies.
The room WAS rather bare and with the
murdered woman and child, with the
wounds till showing plainly In their
heads, formed Q picture never ID De TOT.
gotten by those who saw 1t. The funeral
vas In charge OF Coroner Barnhil. The
Rev. Paul Isenschnidt officatcd and
spoke briefly. The interment was made
| In Riverview Cemetery. The two hearses
were followed to the grave by i've car
riages and number OF curious persons
Robert G Rueger and Mrs. Herman
| Rueger, desire to return their thanks u
the ers of the commit ee OF tn
Weavers' Assembly, Knights Of Labor sn'
to the public in general who SO generous
| ly assisted in raising funds to bury Mrs
| Riedel and her son.
Daily Republican., 1887-09-21
Plain TAX by JasIioe miller.

Justice Miller, Of the United States
Supreme Court,to whom the Ansrchists
propose to present their case, said on
ruesdsy in 81 Interview: "Such q
case Is usually taken before one Of the
jut ticee, aud, as 8 rule, be,ors the jus
tice Of the district. In this case jus.
tloe Harlan should be seen.
He is not ID Chicago now, but In
W sshin st,n, where bs will bs tor some
lime. It is very rare that cases OF 3
criminsi nature come before the Gu.
prems Oou7t, aud, when they 90, they
are usually ses where violation OF
goyeinmsnt laws ara charged.
II is vgry rare, indeed. that the So.
preme Court ever touches q case de-
ctded by a S a:s Court. The Ararch.
lSts, to ses their csss before the Supreme
Court, must Provo that the oonstitu
tional riShts q tho prisoners or the
Federal lsws were broken in the trial
~ consider the case 'he most import
ant tried la tais o2untry for yeare
These tellogs Usem TO have made Chi
csgo theit hradquStts.s. They have
moro friends here than anywhere t!s'
IN tbs country"
Daily Republican., 1887-09-21
s,.,s Hoard Of Pnxrmscy.

The newly elected members OF the
State Board OF Pharmacy met In the par
ior OF the Legislative Hall at Dover yes
ter,iay. DR. Hugh Martin, OF seaford;
DR.. Edward Cooper, Of kenton;i DIR.
Clarence Sypherd, of Dover and J. II
Morgan, OF Wilmington, were all present.
DIR. Martin was elected president, and
James II Morgan. secretary and treasur'
er. Frank r. Smith was elected ex
sminer In chemistry, G. Sypherd, In
materia medica. James II. Morgan In
Pharmacy, and DR.. Cooper and Martin
examiners In Tnxicology. The next meet
" . % ths board will be held in this city
1A.s Nh, when all applicants Will
nave an opportuni to present themsel-
YES. The new pharmacy law was dis
cussed and copy ordered to be sent to
all pharmacists and grocers in the differ
cnt towns in the State. The law forbids
the sale ofdrugs AMI poisons by ANYONE
except regular established pharmacies,
The law also checks the hawking ol
med !cines on street corners and from
door to door. II provides fms OF III
for each fence and the board intends To
bring the law into effect at once, and u
speedily puni.h all violators All unregis
tered phaI msclsts may register by apply
ing to the secretary, James H. Morgan, a
Tenth and Poplar streets Wilmington.
Daily Republican., 1887-09-21
Crimes DoiDCs.

William Thompson concealed himself
near the house Of A. j. Thomp'
son, eight miles from Louisa, Kentucky,
on Monday, and shot three members OF
the family, one OF them fatally. He also,
shot school teacher. His victims
were his own cousins. He escaped ar.
rest.
Thomas j. White, colored porter on
the Wisconsin Central Railroad, shot and
killed Henry Woodson, alias "The Black
Diamond" In Chicago, yesterday morn
ing. The quarrel was about white
woman with whom White had been living.
The woman is 20 years old, and claims 10
be the daughter OF late Judge OF the
Criminal Court In Louisville.
There was general fight among color
ed railroad laborers nearWilton, ,Sotetourt
county, Virginia, on Monday. Many were
wounded, and one of them. named Ross ia
not expected to recover.
n. p. Sawyer, retired merchant, wa:
murderously assaulted in his house,
few niles from Pituburg, about half-pas
, &C ock yesterday morning. he wa
awakened by a violent blow on the baci
of head, and, jumping up, confronted
tall man, whose face was hidden by
mask. Sawyer grappled with the villai
and cried TO- help, until, his friends az
rearing, the would be assassin wa
frightened eff Mr.. Sawyer was pair
fully injured IN the struggle, but b
wounds are not considered daHgerou
Daily Republican., 1887-09-21
FOURTH Els!Tl0M
Train wrecks

A passenger trsiu on the Oh'osRo,
Milwaukee, and IS. Paul rail- 'osa ran
into the rear Of g freight ira % pear
Canton, Dakota. early Tuesday worn
ing Tns freight train was swift cue
at Inwood, Iva, and the rear pa w.
breaking loose, tore down the road Z.
ward Canton fos severs. miles, huAlly
collidtn2 with the passenger train. The
following were killed: Andrew D;r
rath, Rock Valley, Iowa, line rsDairef;
"A. Ploog, McGresor, Iowa, engineer
passen ger train; UharleB Dunbar, mxson
City, 10 "a, fireman. Two hoaies are
still in the wreck, and wreckiug trains
are nov at work. Thirty passengers
escaped uniujured. The freight CON-
ductor 10 blamed for the accident.
A freisht train on the Milwaukee
and Northern railroad was wrecked by
RAINING through an open switch at
HAyton, Wis Tuesday. Several cars
were suoa,hed, and the wreck was COO.
sumed by fire. James Donnslly, con
ductor, Is supposed TO be In ths burned
debris.
A freight trair on the Baltimore md
Ohio Rsiiroaa struck two cokc's O.
Fayette Staten, Pa, on Monday night
killing QUE Instantly aud severely in
juripg the other. Their pants are no
| known.
A train cf 65 ca7s laden With ore, OF
the Duluth, South Shore aud Atlantic
Railroad, got away from the trainme,
on Monday right and ran down grad
nt q high rate OF speed for four miles
At the scale track, near Marquette
Michigan, the cars crashed into cid
track fuli OF etnp.y ore tiA,s. Fit
cars arc piled thirty feet high. Wn
Mahons, the conductor Is m ealrs, an
10 supposed to DO ar der the wreck.
Daily Republican., 1887-09-21
THIRD EDITION.
1ols.

PrcposNts for heating No. IL pubic
school W III he received at the room OF
the Roard OF Public Education until
the 26.h inst.
The citizens Of Kennett Square, "a
are mss'rg an effort TO secure seea"
fire engine.
A large schooner from the Eastern Ice
districts is unloading ics as the henne-
bec's houss, ovsr Third street orioRe.
Thi, evening, iu the Third and Elev;
enth wards, ike Democratic voters Will
hold meetings ard organize In favor OF
constitutional reform.
james Mills has just compieiea Two
handsome new wagons, one for hent O.
Weeks, the lumber and coal deslers, ,and
the other to- A. Powdermaker, the meat
merchant.
Ssyeral orders have recently been re-
fused by the Brandy wine Granite Com.
pany, on account of the great demand
for ina stone. The last refusal was for
Is 900 feet Il cur bing foe Baltimore.
Proposals for furnishing four rooms
In No. 16 sbbool will be recsived at tie
room of the Board Of Educstior. up 10
q O'Clock, on the 26ch inst, by Wm. d.
Foulk, chairman OF the committee.
At the Peunsylvsnis Agricultural
Fair, A. j. Williams Of Gre bank sln-
tiou was awarded frat prize for his
patent metal polishing composition
There were six othtr comp t,tors.
workmen are busny engaged in re
painting the works of the Pusey g
Jones Company. The signs have alst
been re lettered, and the whole makes
marked Improvement in the looks O
the buildings.
To-niaht the Grand Central should
be packed 10 witness the four rouno
glove contest between Jimmy Conner'
and the Unknown, both Of this city
twill be strictly on It's merits, and 4
is exDecttd to be good 90.
Tomorrow Is tine day OF uDlinitet
attractions, grand display ef cereals
cattle, fowls and u achtDe!y; racing b,
fast ;rotters st the Reading Fsif; j
Defaults special train for the Fair ha
u SCAT for you, IL you have your ticket
leave " ilu ipston at 6.40 o. nc. sharp
returning leave Reading ct p. N
Ticket, (good for three days) 81 80.
Daily Republican., 1887-09-21
Personal.

Mss Ella Dannelley is S!sltir 6 friends
Ia LEWIS, D4l.
Mr.. Horace yAnieRrit has returned
home from Norfolk, Virginia.
Miss CLARA L din q returned hon on
SundaJ from her summer trip 10 At
laniic City.
Edmund D, sen OF Dr.. Shortlidee'
has gone 0 She Academy In Media, pie'
sided ove' by hts uncle,
Last evening g. T. Stsyner, tsachs;
OF music, started for San FrsnclsCc,
Cal, whsra us iutsnos to reside.
George W. Russell, Who removed tc
Richmond, Indiane, sone thirty yeaEs
ago, 10 visiting Charles x. Gano.
W. 7. Tandyke, With his scn, z. S
VandS Ee start 70 cry on a short vaca
tion. Thsy wti! speaa tie mos # tbei
tine il tie uppeE pa.t O! Ksrt County
I'D,